Tag and fastener



(No Model.)

M. ALSHULER.

lTAG AND FASTENER.

No. 309,372. Panemd'ne0-16, 1884.

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MOSES AIJSHULFJR, OF MATTOON, ILLINOIS.

TAG AND FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,372, dated December 16, 1884:.

(No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, Moses ALsi-IULER, of Mattoon, in the county of Coles and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag- Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invent-ion relates to price-tags and holders or fasteners for such tags. lts object is to provide an improved construction in the said devices whereby the tags may be conveniently and securely attached to the edge of a bolt of cloth or of folded garments or tothe surface of a piece of cloth.

To the ends above mentioned the fastener herein shown consists of a spirally bent or coiled wire or pin having ahead at one end, and which is preferably sharpened or pointed at the other in order to enable it to readily penetrate the cloth to which the tag is to be attached, the pin being inserted through the tag and the cloth so as to hold them together by turning or rotating it in an obvious manner.

rIhe tag for use in connection with the fastening-pin described is provided with an aperture near its margin to receive the pin, and such tag may be fastened to the cloth by placing it upon the pin and then inserting the coiled part of the latter through the cloth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view oi' the fastener detached from the tag. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of several bolts of cloth showing tags attached te the exposed edges thereof by the fastener illustrated in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section through two bolts of cloth and a tag attached toone of them. Fig. 4 shows the fastening provided with a solid head.

A is the tag-fastener, which, as illustrated in the several figures of the drawings, consists smaller than the head a of the pin A, so that the tag cannot slip over the said head and thus escape from the pin.

The head a may be madein any well known or desired manner. In the form of the device illustrated in Figs. l, 2, and 3 said head is formed by a small coil upon the end of the wire composing the fastener, and in the construction shown in Fig. 4 the head consists of a small knob, button, or disk attached to or formed upon the end of the wire. The spiral coil of the fastener may be either cone-shaped, as shown in Fig. 1, or formed with coils or eonvolutions of equal size, as shown in Fig. 6. The pin A is preferably formed in a continuous spiral from head to point, or without any straight part or shank adjacent to the head, so that by the continued rotation of the pin the tag maybe drawn and held closely against the surface of the cloth.

An important advantage is obtained in the use of the fastener for securing tags to the exposed edges of folded goods for the reason that the pin may be readily inserted into the i goods after they are piled or stacked, and also for the reason that the tags may be held by such fastener in a vertical position and with their marked faces outward, so that they may be readily inspected.

The tag B may obviously be made of any material other than those herein mentioned, the operation oi' the said tag in connection with the fastener herein shown bei-ng the same without regard to the material or substance of which the tag is composed.

I am aware that a tag has heretofore been used which is provided with a fastener consisting of a spiral pin secured toits under surface which is inserted into the cloth by rotating the tag. This construction in the tag and fastener is objectionable for the reason that the pin is liable to beeomeloose or separated from the tag in the operation of inserting it, in which ease both the tag and the pin become useless. In the construction proposed by this invention in which a separate headed pin and a perforated tag are used this obj ec- IOO fastener possesses the obvious disadvantages of being complicated in construction, and too expensive, therefore, to be of practical utility in cases Where the tag-fastener herein shown is intended to be used.

I claim as my inventionY An improved tag and fastener, consisting of a tag provided with au aperture and an independent spirally coiled fastener, all ar- 2o ranged and operating substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MOSES ALSHULER.

Titnessesz C. CLARENCE PooLE, OLIVER E. PAGIN. 

